1. By the 1670s, planters in Virginia began to switch to slave labor because __________.
A. they could use slaves as collateral and expand their plantations
B. the use of slave labor could help them receive tax credits
C. more and more Englishmen wanted to become indentured servants
D. the advances in technology demanded more efficiency
2. Select the choice that best completes the analogy shown in the graphic.
A. towns.
B. sawmills.
C. harbors.
D. fishing boats.
3. Mercantilists believed that to become wealthy and powerful, a country had to __________.
A. constantly increase production
B. find new overseas markets
C. steadily raise prices
D. acquire gold and silver
4. What was the South’s first successful cash crop?
A. rice
B. indigo
C. tobacco
D. wheat
5. What brought prosperity to New England?
A. fishing and whaling
B. tobacco
C. rice
D. indigo
6. The plantation system in the South created what type of society?
A. democratic
B. independent
C. religious
D. one with separate social classes
7. Participation in town meetings and creation of local governments were central practices in which colonial society?
A. South
B. New England
C. Middle Colonies
D. All colonial societies
8. What contributed to colonial merchants’ success, causing some ports to turn into cities?
A. import of goods directly from England
B. the discovery of gold
C. manufactured goods produced in America
D. triangular trade
9. Who was at the top of the new social structure that emerged after the development of American cities?
A. artisans
B. wealthy merchants
C. farmers
D. ship loaders
10. The Virginia slave code defined the __________.
A. legal distinction between indentured servants and slaves
B. age at which enslaved men and women could be freed
C. laws by which indentured servants had to live
D. relationship between enslaved people and free people
11. Colonial America’s population grew through which of the following?
A. Immigration
B. High birth rate
C. Import of African slaves
D. All of the above
12. Which new way of thinking promoted logic and reasoning?
A. deductive
B. rationalism
C. naturalism
D. inductive
13. The movement that advocated rationalism, influencing the American colonies, is known as __________.
A. The Enlightenment
B. The Advancement
C. The Great Awakening
D. The Glorious Revolution
14. Which Enlightenment writer influenced the political ideas in America by encouraging a government by the choice of the people?
A. George Whitefield
B. Jonathan Edwards
C. Sir Edmund Andros
D. John Locke
15. Which idea about political power did Enlightenment writer Baron Montesquieu promote, later influencing the formation of American government?
A. political power should be held only by the president
B. political power should not be given to the people
C. political power should be separated into three branches of government (executive, legislative, and judicial)
D. political power should be held by the elite classes
16. The movement which involved religious revivals in the colonies was known as __________.
A. The Enlightenment
B. The Advancement
C. The Great Awakening
D. The Glorious Revolution
17. One result of the Great Awakening in the colonies was __________.
A. church attendance decreased
B. new churches were created based on new ideas, separating from traditional churches
C. people returned to traditional beliefs and ways of thinking
D. people believed a new government was needed in the colonies
18. The first skirmish of the French and Indian War occurred because __________.
A. the French organized Native American attacks on frontier settlements
B. both the French and the British wanted the Ohio River valley
C. the French ambushed a British detachment near Quebec City
D. both the French and the British claimed Louisiana
19. In response to Britain’s early interest in the Ohio River valley, what did the French do?
A. met with the British to discourage their interest
B. attacked British settlers in the area
C. built forts from Lake Ontario to the Ohio River
D. tried to negotiate a compromise to share the land
20. The Albany Plan of Union proposed that __________.
A. the Iroquois unite with the British against the French
B. the colonies unite to form a federal government
C. the colonies unite with the British against the French
D. the colonies unite with the French against the British
21. The treaty that ended the French and Indian War eliminated __________.
A. Great Britain’s debts from the war
B. colonial resentment toward Great Britain
C. Spain’s power in North America
D. French power in North America
